Lu Shiyan and Xiao Han returned to the car.
Xiao Han sneered: "These spineless people are scared when threatened."
"Since these guys dared to set an ambush, they won't give up so easily." Lu Shiyan turned the steering wheel.
The car slowly drove past the temporarily removed roadblock.
Su Wan looked through the car window and saw Wang Jianguo and his men standing on the roadside. In the dust, Wang Jianguo's resentful eyes could still be seen clearly.
"You guys should walk slower, or you will run into mutants sooner or later." Wang Jianguo's sinister voice floated into the car from outside.
Xiao Han spat out of the car window.
"Bah, this kind of stuff will fill the stomachs of zombies sooner or later."
He hadn't finished his words.
A dark green shadow suddenly emerged from Lu Shiyan's sleeves.
It was a tough vine, as fast as lightning, and it wrapped around Wang Jianguo's neck with incredible precision.
The vines tightened suddenly.
Wang Jianguo's feet were lifted off the ground and he was forcibly dragged into the air, with only a few meaningless hoarse sounds coming out of his throat.
He desperately scratched the vines on his neck with both hands, his eyeballs bulged and veins exposed, but he couldn't move at all.
After a while, Wang Jianguo's body stopped struggling and fell limply.
The vines loosened and the body fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Some of Wang Jianguo's companions had their weapons clang to the ground, while others felt their legs go weak and fell to the ground.
The resentment on their faces had long been replaced by extreme fear.
Lu Shiyan retracted the vines, as if he was just brushing away the dust on the corner of his clothes.
"Bastard."
His voice was flat, without any emotion.
“An eyesore.”
Su Wan turned her head stiffly and looked at Lu Shiyan.
The light in the car was dim, and the man's profile was clearly outlined, but it revealed a heart-wrenching indifference.
He has been so nice to me lately that I almost forgot his true nature.
But this is the end of the world, human life is worthless, morality has fallen. Lu Shiyan's method is not cruel, but the rule of survival.
Her stomach churned and she forced herself to swallow. Her nails dug into her palms.
She was afraid of him, afraid of the coldness and determination in his bones. But she was also extremely dependent on him, relying on the absolute security brought by this coldness.
Xiao Han whistled, breaking the silence in the car, his tone filled with undisguised excitement.
"Old Lu, you are awesome! You haven't changed at all, it's amazing!"
Damn, that's so satisfying!
The car drove for nearly an hour before the road conditions ahead forced them to stop again.
The tunnel that was supposed to be passed through was filled with collapsed concrete and steel bars at the entrance, and the dark gap was completely blocked.
"Tsk, it looks like my luck is not very good." Xiao Han leaned over to look around and curled his lips.
Lu Shiyan took out the map and replanned the route. "It will take half a day longer if we go this way."
"We need to find a place to spend the night." Lu Shiyan put away the map.
They found an abandoned highway service area nearby, the main building was still intact. The glass of the convenience store was broken all over the floor, the shelves were tilted, and the air was filled with a mixed smell of dust and corruption. Compared to sleeping in the wild, this place was undoubtedly much safer.
Just as they got out of the car to check the surrounding environment, another minibus that looked modified slowly drove over and stopped not far from the entrance of the service area.
The car door opened and five or six people got out, three men and three women. They were not very fast and there was some order in their movements.
The leader was a man in his thirties, wearing a washed-out security uniform and holding a crowbar. He first looked at Lu Shiyan and his SUV, then at Lu Shiyan and Xiao Han who got out of the car.
Xiao Han leaned against the car door, crossed his arms, and looked back without avoiding.
After a brief standoff, the man in security uniform walked towards them. The others stayed where they were, keeping a guard posture, holding their crude weapons tightly.
"Hello." The man approached and stopped at a relatively safe distance, with a forced smile on his face. "We used to work nearby, and when the apocalypse came, we gathered together to survive." He pointed to the blurry work badge on his chest. "My name is Li Xinhu, and I'm their leader."
When Su Wan heard the three words "Li Xinhu", she felt very familiar with them.
She subconsciously raised her eyes and carefully looked at the man in front of her. He was about thirty years old, with a square face, and there was a kind of lingering fatigue between his eyebrows and eyes, but his eyes were still clear. The man who had a bad fate in the book but always maintained a bit of kindness?
Her eyes flickered quickly, looking at the companions behind Li Xinhu who were keeping their distance, especially the three women. One of them was a young woman, slim, wearing a faded red T-shirt, and was secretly glancing at Lu Shiyan's car, with a hint of imperceptible desire in her eyes.
There was also a pregnant woman and a young girl who was relatively well behaved.
Xiao Han didn't move his arms around his chest, and raised his chin slightly: "So?"
Li Xinhu rubbed his hands, looking embarrassed: "No, it's nothing serious."
"It's getting late, and this service area is quite large. I want to ask if I can find a companion to spend the night here with me," he added quickly. "It's safer with more people, and it's always good to have more people to look after you, right?"
Lu Shiyan's eyes swept across Li Xinhu's face, and then calmly looked at the people behind him. Although those people were holding weapons, their expressions were more tired and uneasy, which was completely different from the greed and ferocity of Wang Jianguo's group. "We have no objection." Lu Shiyan said.
Li Xinhu felt relieved, and the smile on his face became more genuine: "Great, thank you, thank you everyone." He seemed to want to say something else, meeting the gazes of Lu Shiyan and Xiao Han, but ultimately did not speak.
Xiao Han waved his hand: "Okay, everyone find a place to rest."
Li Xinhu nodded and turned around to greet his companions.
Su Wan watched the group of people carefully start to clear a piece of open space at the other end of the service area to prepare for camping. She noticed that the young woman in the red T-shirt looked in their direction more than once, her eyes always briefly lingering on their off-road vehicle. Li Xinhu whispered something to his companions, looking over here from time to time.
"Boss, they don't look easy to mess with." One of Li Xinhu's bespectacled companions lowered his voice. Li Xinhu said in a low voice: "Nonsense, look at the car, look at the momentum, they are not ordinary people. We will occupy the other side and keep out of each other's way."
Another tall man leaned over and looked over: "There must be a lot of good things in that car..." He didn't finish his words because Li Xinhu stopped him with a look.
"Don't cause trouble!" Li Xinhu warned.
On the other side, Xiao Han lowered his voice and leaned close to Lu Shiyan's ear: "This Li guy seems to have awakened some abilities. When he walked over just now, his steps were much steadier than those of ordinary people." Lu Shiyan nodded slightly: "Well, the strength has been enhanced, but the magnitude is not large."
"Strengthen your strength?" Xiao Han touched his chin. "No wonder he dared to lead the team out. He must have some confidence."
Su Wan's gaze was like a searchlight, fixed on the woman in the red T-shirt in Li Xinhu's team.
The woman was looking at them stealthily. There seemed to be a lingering desire for food at the corners of her mouth, but there were some indescribable complex emotions in her eyes.
Is she the woman who betrayed at the critical moment in the book?
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